New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud refused to respond to
criticism of the unanimous five-judge bench verdict of the Supreme Court upholding the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution, saying the judges decide a case “according to the Constitution and the law”.
In an exclusive interview to PTI, the CJI said the judges speak their mind through their judgement which becomes public property after the pronouncement and people in a free society can always make their opinion about it.
“So far as we are concerned we decide according to the Constitution and the law. I don’t think it will be appropriate for me either to respond to the criticism or mount a defence to my judgement. What we have said in my judgement is reflected in the reason present in the signed judgement and I must leave it at that,” Justice Chandrachud said.
Reportedly, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Bjp government and termed the abrogation of Article 370 valid. It also refused to rule on the bifurcation of the state.